News — 3D in classroom

Taken from PR Newsire. from SME DEARBORN, Mich., March 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SME announced today that Oakland Schools Technical Campus Northeast in Pontiac, Michigan, received an Afinia H800 3D printer in recognition of their participation in SME manufacturing and career awareness activities including Manufacturing Day. SME's student outreach programs are part of its commitment to serving the manufacturing industry by promoting advanced manufacturing technology and developing a skilled workforce. American manufacturing is currently experiencing a growing skills gap – an inability to fill positions with technologically experienced and qualified workers. SME works with schools and industry across the nation to...

Taken from ColumbusCEO.com By Mike Mahoney & Video and photos by Tim Johnson 3D printing is helping improve outcomes while saving time and costs. Use of 3D-printed prosthetics may not yet be routine, but orthopedic laboratories and surgical suites across central Ohio are already using the technology for precision, savings and better patient outcomes. Orthopedic surgeons can now offer longer-lasting ankles, knees, hips and cranial repairs by using imaging to produce full-scale 3D models of a patient’s bone structure and then rehearsing the precise incisions, pins and grids to support the repair and healing process. It not only saves time in...

From Product Design and Development by Michael Petch What if 3D printing were the killer app to enhance education in a way never seen before? If recent surveys and reports are to be trusted, 3D printing in education could be the key to preparing students to enter the workforce and much more. Within four years, 3D printing will be partially responsible for a situation in which “more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today,” according to The Future of Jobs...

Originally from the Corvalis Gazette Times By Andy Cripe hroughout the state, these businesses can take the form of dog washes, laundry services, garden stands, and school coffee shops. But Monroe High School students are trying something new for Oregon: a business called 3D Dimensional Dragons, in which they use a 3D printer to create objects such as cellphone stands, ice scrapers, key chains and tablet stands and then sell them. Brenda Maynard, a transitions specialist at Monroe, said the program not only gives students experience with the software that is used for computer-aided manufacturing in industry, but it also...

From 3ders.org 3D printer company MakerBot announces today it is starting up its own MakerBot Innovation Centers for universities and businesses. The MakerBot Innovation Centers are filled with 30+ MakerBot desktop 3D printer and scanners with the goal of helping train the next generation of engineers, architects, industrial designers and artists. Built in partnership with MakerBot, the Innovation Centers were conceived to be used by multiple departments in corporations or universities that need access to 3D printing and scanning. At the university level, a MakerBot Innovation Center can be open to the students as a destination to foster innovation and...